Las Vegas Mixtape v42: Sonic Feast, NYC-to-Vegas Dumplings, and Felt Marker Creations — Track #4: Fin and Feathers @Arts District

Track #4: Fin and Feathers @Arts District

Looking for comfort, southern-style? (Image: Vegas 411) 

For me, the Arts District is a sprawling wonderland with many different sections. If you only stick to the central and always lively Main St, you’ll sadly be missing out on the area where Colorado St and Casino Center Blvd meet.

The ultra-distinctive shops here include Glam Factory Vintage (coolest threads in town), Analog Dope (Black culture-centered books and vinyl records), Rockin’ Bettie (retro and modern clothing for the rockabilly and pin-up crowd), and StyleHouse (sexy costumes and clubwear) where the naughty mocks the mundane.

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Achieve nirvana by ordering the shrimp and grits. (Image: Vegas 411) 

You’re going to get hungry walking around, and the food and waitstaff at the Georgia-originated, multi-room Fin & Feathers aim to please. They serve southern comfort food, with menu highlights like grilled blackened catfish, southern fried chicken, and honey bourbon salmon.

These southern egg rolls will satisfy your soul and palate. (Image: Vegas 411) 

On a recent beautiful Saturday afternoon, I grabbed a table on their outdoor deck and started with their “Jerk Chicken Egg Rolls,” enhanced with sweet chili pineapple sauce. It was a perfectly seductive lead-in to their creamy (and colorful) shrimp and grits. A side of jalapeño roasted corn took me even higher.  What to order for my next visit to this restaurant that’s appealingly open to 2am on Friday and Saturday nights? Probably the fried pickles and deep-fried catfish nuggets. No way around it, life tastes so much better fried despite the medical community’s advice.